I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller

To be a member of such a crowd ... is not much to be far removed from solitude

The world is waiting for us to graduate from ourselves.

If it wasn't for the devil, we wouldn't be here, would we?

I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND REMIND EVERYONE... OF THE RAPE OF THE YAZIDI WOMEN

I love modeling because I get to see everything that inspires me. Then I go home and sketch.

The more time we spend with Mother nature the more we fall in love with her.

The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer.

I've lived the way I wanted to. I've walked the road the way I imagined it.

The actual number of atheists is quite small outside of Europe and Manhattan.